GOONIES FAN ART! Custom CNC Epoxy Resin Sign + Carveco Maker Tutorial!

today's video is going to be having  several of you guys quoting movie lines   and otherwise screaming hey you guys hey everyone my name is sam and welcome back to  sam craft today i have a very fun project it is   a cnc project but it's also a fan art project  meaning i'm a fan of the movie and i'm going to   make some art fan art gotta be careful how to say  that to get things started we're gonna go back in   time two days when i started this project and  hop over into my home office into carveco maker   and start designing so i'm gonna open up karvko  maker plus which is my cad program of choice   and i'm going to go ahead and click on new model  set my dimensions a width of 16 inches a height   of 12. i'm going to set my origin to be the  bottom left corner or the front left corner   it opens up my model i'm gonna go ahead and  import my vectors which i've already created there we go a lot of work was done  behind the scenes creating the vector   fixing everything aligning it and all  that stuff i'm just going to spare   you guys from all the design stuff because  that took probably two to three hours solid i like the size of this and everything of course i  made it to fit this if i wanted to scale this it's   pretty easy to do i just go over to the transform  button and then i can adjust my width let's say   i want it to be eight inches wide and click on  apply and change the size there it's pretty easy   i'm going to go ahead and undo that though  because i don't want to make that change   i'm ready to go ahead and calculate my tool  paths from this vector now so i want to select   everything and then unselect the border i'm going  to create a tool path it's going to be a v-bit   carving my maximum depth i like to use for my  signs is an eighth inch or 0.125 inches i find   that's pretty good whether i decide to paint  something leave it as is or do epoxy inlays   i'm going to choose my carving  tool now which is a 60 degree v bit and for this i'm also going to choose a roughing  tool that's going to be an eighth inch end mill   and next thing i want to do is define my material  this is where i tell the carveco how thick the   material is that i'm working with in my case i'm  using half inch baltic birch which the stuff i use   measures out to be 0.505 inches i measured that  with my dial calipers that's how i know or my   digital calipers all right so we'll go ahead  and give our tool path a name i like just to   keep the naming simple this is carve and we'll  click on calculate now and looks pretty good   all right i'm going to select this outside vector  which is going to become the cutout of this sign   click on tool path go down to 2d toolpaths  and then click create profile toolpath   it automatically sets the finished depth to  the depth of my material so i leave that as is   my profiling tool is going to be my eighth  inch end mill again that is my favorite   bit i like using my eighth inch compression  bits for the baltic birch it really does well   all right as far as bridges  i'm going to add one two three   seven and i'll explain why here in just a second  so 7 bridges 0.2 inches long 0.2 inches thick   and a 2d bridge i always have it set to add  bridges on start points because i also edit   my vectors to have start points in  logical locations at least i try to   i'm gonna click on the add button and we can see  here that it's add the bridges in they look pretty   good um actually no i don't like the location  so i'm going to click on edit bridges whoops i   reselect my vector now edit bridges is selected i  want to move these around i want two on the bottom right there i want one on the side there   and i'll have one in the very top center and  then these two i'm gonna move to the outside   i like to place my bridges in locations  that are easy to clean up and sand off   when the project's done so most of the time i do  manually edit the bridge locations in my files   it looks good so i'm gonna go ahead  and give this a name let's see   cutout works and click on calculate now looks  great all right as i expand my tool paths menu   i'm going to also expand these you can see how  the carve shows that it's using an eighth inch   end mill and then a 60 degree v-bit and the  cutout uses just the eighth inch end mill   thinking of my order of operations and this  project real time i don't want to do the car   first and then the cutout because i'll be going  from end mill to v-bit to end mill and that can   add some room for error but also it's  more labor that i really want to deal with   this is also why i added more bridges  i'm going to move the cutout tool path   job to the top of the list so that will be  the first thing that's done and that way   it'll cut it out and then it'll rough it out  i'll change my bit and then it'll carve it out   so at this point everything looks good one thing  i like to usually do if it's a new first time   project is go up to model and measure tool zoom  in on my areas where i probably will put my clamps   and just measure what my distance is here i've got  three quarters of an inch on the left side that's   plenty enough room for my clamps i can see i have  good clearances on the top so i'm good on the   clamping as far as my model size and everything  so i can go ahead and export and save my file to save the file i'm going to select tool paths  at the very top and then click on the little save   toolpath icon here it will already have most of  my file name done because i've actually already   saved this but you can see here on the right hand  side where it's got the toolpaths listed out i can   choose which of those i want to save in this one  gcode file for this i just save it all as once got   my cutout my roughing carve and then my v carve  as far as file naming i like to be really picky   and i have a set kind of nomenclature or format  that i like to use i generally start the file name   off with what the product is in this case it's  a sign and then it's followed by a descriptor   so this is a goonies sign and it has never say  die as a text so nsd after that i always like to   give the dimensions of my material in height width  and thickness so 12 by 16 by 0.5 the bb stands for   baltic birch in this case i program it design  it and want it to be made out of baltic birch   it would probably still work for mdf but i just do  bb in the event i ever create an mdf only version   next up i put the first tool used so .125 inch  in mill and then the second tool used 60 v   for v bit and so forth in this case i  only use two tools so that's all i list   if i had more i would just make the file  name as long as i could within reason   so this is my first cut my cutout my carve  and everything so i'll go ahead and save   it it's gonna fast at me it's already got  a file there but it's okay now with v-bit   carbs i always always always recommend and do  a second v-carve or a pass or a finishing pass   with carveco this is really easy to do i  can do it all right here from this window   all i need to do is go up to my cutout tool path  remove it my roughing carve toolpath remove it   and it leaves me with the finishing carve from  the same file i go down to my file name and i put   finish on the end that way i know on this same  exact project this file is my finished cut file   i'll go ahead and save it once again it's fussing  at me because i've already saved it but we'll   override it and that's it i'm all done now one  other cool thing about carveco real quick before   we get out is that you can simulate the toolpaths  which is really cool not a lot of cad programs   okay most professional cad programs have this  the other freebies may not i'm gonna go ahead   and run the simulation for the cut out  here you're able to see real time what   the machine is going to be doing this shows me  where my bridge locations are it shows me the cut   movements and everything if i right click  on carve and go to simulation control bar   and then click play here it's going to show  me exactly how it's going to carve in this   case these are all my roughing passes once it's  done with that then it'll do the finish passes for the sake of time i'm going to fast forward  this and here you see the red lines those are your   tool paths all right it is stopped because that  is the end of the roughing pass if i move my model   around we can see how it's really square not a lot  of detail well that's because that's everything   with that eighth inch end mill now if we go ahead  and click on play again it's going to go to the   second part of the job which is the v bit and we  can see how it starts to carve everything out that   way looks good i'm going to fast forward through  this because this would take a little bit to watch and we're done we have the full simulation of  exactly how the model or the job should appear   in real life i can move the model around with my  mouse and take a look i can zoom in and look at   some areas of this whole model the one area that  i am concerned with is a little dot of the eye   which is actually a little crossbones skull guy  i think this is going to work out okay we'll see   but otherwise everything looks good and i am ready  to carve this thing with that being said let's go   into the workshop which is right through this wall  and let's start making this thing in real life um i'm going to load up my first bit which is the  eighth inch end mill i'm using these park tool   wrenches for my collet i love these things they  have worked wonderfully well super strong and   since buying these i've not had any problems  with bit slippage or anything else of the sort it's one of the tools that i consider essential  with my cnc and i have been really pleased with   them if you're looking for a set or interested  in them there's a link to them down below   i don't peddle things i don't like  so if i link to it or talk about   it you can guarantee that i like  it and i think that you would too so i'm loading up my file here on my tablet which  is what i use to run my motion software which is   carbide motion for the cnc i had some questions  in my last video as far as hey what tablet is that   what is it do you like it it's a fusion 5 brand  and it runs windows 10 as its operating system   it was less than 250 bucks when i got it a couple  of months ago and i've been really pleased with   it it is fanless so i don't have to worry about  it being in a dusty environment it runs windows   so it does have compatibility beyond just the cnc  in case i change my mind later and i just i don't   know i don't have any complaints there's a link  to it down below if you're interested i've not   had any issues out of it running my machine and  i'm much more pleased with this form factor than   using a computer keyboard and mouse or basically  anything else that i've seen just yet i'm gonna   go ahead and click on start job and start it's  going to probe the bit over here on the bit setter   okay well it's asking me to load the tool loaded now it's going to probe it here on the  bit setter this tells the machine exactly where   the end of that bit is so it knows how deep  to go and all the other sorts of magical stuff um i'm going to turn on my dust collection because   i think with the bit runner she's  going to start rocking and rolling immediately so truth be told i'm really geeking out  over this bit runner i'll like it okay   time to swap out the end mill for the 60  degree v-bit and continue to rock and roll well guys it is done with its first job that would  be the cut as it is if i do not do a second finish   pass as you can see from the clips here the  v-bit does leave a lot of cleanup that would be   a lot of hand sanding detailed sanding work and  labor on my part if i was to leave it as it is   however we remember to do a finishing pass we have  a separate file to run we have also not touched   this machine at all it is not off it is kept at  zero points i have not touched any of the clamps   so what we can do is open up our file press start  let it do its thing and clean this sign up for us so while it's not a hundred percent ready  to rock and roll that does save a whole   lot of labor on my part or your part to just  run that second vcarve pass i'm going to be   sanding up the details really quickly  with these little sandy sticks that i have   they're from a company called lumberton they are  made in the usa and this little pack comes with   four different grits plus extra belts this  is one of the coolest things i was able to   find for my cnc as far as detail sanding  it's basically a tiny little belt sander it gives you a pointy detail around it   and as it gets used you can kind of just twist  it rotate it and get to a new part of the belt   this makes quick work of detailed sanding  plus it's nice just to have it in a little kit so there is no other option as far as color for  this sign other than it for it to be black   with white inlays for the letters and  one-eyed willy so let's take it out   on the front porch of the shop and start  laying down our base coat of black paint it has been about four hours this sign is totally  painted up for the paint i just use some high   performance enamel spray paint and about six to  seven coats later and four hours we're all done   i've got the front the back and the edges all  painted up now this thing is ready for final   finishing in my opinion there is only one color  to use for this white you've got the pirate logo   so obviously white's going across bones on a black  border and then for the goonies and never say die   text might as well do it white too i think it's  going to give it a nice crisp look and not be too   busy overall now i could go a couple of different  routes with this white color i could paint it i   could hand brush it i could spray paint it i could  also epoxy it i am going to choose to epoxy this   a couple of weeks back i built myself a  modular add-on drawer unit for my cnc table   and have loved it ever since mainly because i  now have spaces for my stuff i have one drawer   dedicated to all of my epoxy gear bits and bobbins  things from gloves to cups to syringes popsicle   sticks the actual epoxy resin itself colorants  and even a heat gun for this epoxy inlay it's   going to be pretty basic i'm going to start with  half and half resin and hardener i will then add   in however much colorant i need to make it  solid white and opaque mix it up and then   probably go ahead and pull it up in my syringes  and do the detailed areas first pour the larger   areas hit it with the heat gun and then probably  repeat that process another time or two at least that turned out awesome that turned out so  awesome i'm really geeking out over that   i've got to now take my sign and sit at  somewhere level and clean to let the epoxy   cure and set up overnight that's going to  be my home office same place we were in   earlier on this video feels like a long time ago  but still the same day so let me carefully take   it in there let it cure overnight and i'll  show you guys the final thing in the morning i gotta admit this is my favorite thing i've made  on my cnc to date and it's probably gonna be hard   to top this i'm a big goonies fan i grew up movies  and like watching it and as an adult i got the   dvds and everything else and it is just one of  those classics that never die because goonies   never say die i like the graphic that i designed  up here at the top i wanted a kind of more   simple skull and crossbones look but i also  wanted it to be definitively goonies i wanted   any goonies fan to be able to see this and  recognize who this is namely by that eye patch   and it also be kind of playful i was very pleased  with how the little skull on the eye turned out   i was a little worried about how epoxy would  go with that and everything but it turned out   wonderful as you saw i also put a sawtooth hanger  on the back to hang this on the wall this is kind   of what i like to do with signs because most of  my material is half inch plywood and once i carve   and pocket everything out i just don't want to run  the risk of routing out a keyhole slot in the back   because i'm afraid of ruining the sign at that  point in addition to these sawtooth brackets i   made some quick little blocks to make this thing  could stand up on its own on the shelf or whatever   i am probably going to leave this in my workshop  unless my wife and kids come in near this one and   at that point if we don't have the wall space i  can stick it on those little mounts but it was a   cool little thing to do as well just to include  an additional option and you know different way   to present it if you enjoyed this video give  me a thumbs up if you're not a subscriber   and you kind of like this stuff you might want to  click that subscribe button because i'm going to   have a lot more cnc projects fun things fan art  and shop projects in the future here on samcraft   otherwise i appreciate you guys for watching take  care and i'll see you next time in the workshop this is going on the wall you

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Length: 24min 31sec (1471 seconds)

Published: Tue Mar 16 2021